PSY100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Relate, Thematic Apperception Test, Lucid Dream
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Dreams caused by repressed unconscious desires: ego does not like to feel anxious, we develop strategies (ego-defensive mechanisms) to avoid anxiety. Repression (intentional forgetting: push it down into unconsciousness. Dreams are caused by pressure build up in unconsciousness. Dreams disguise the true meaning (latent content) in a bizarre symbolic message (manifest content) In the conscious mind, symbols typically have one meaning. In the unconscious world, symbols have multiple meanings all simultaneously. Dreams have a language of their own. Intended to help you learn more about what you think and feel. Concept that unconscious mind treats opposites as being equals. Dream of a cold room (equals a hot room: because you"re dreaming of the sauna you accidentally burnt down. When a symbol is a combination (or blend) of two things. You need to unblend them, unpack them. When your unconscious takes a phrase from your conscious and literally translates it in a dream.
